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Finnish
Pronoun
muin
- instructive plural of muu
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English mone, Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
muin (plural muins)
- moon
- lunar month; calendar month
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish muin, from Proto-Celtic *monis, *manyā, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck”).
Noun
muin f (genitive singular muin)
- (anatomy) back (animal's)
- top
Usage notes
- Usually used in the phrase 'air muin (“on the back of, on top of, on, upon”):
- air muin eich ― on the back of a horse
- Chuir e seacaid air agus air muin sin còta. ― He put on a jacket and on top of that a coat.
Etymology 2
From Old Irish múinid, possibly from Latin moneō (“to remind, advise, teach”), with phonological influence from mūnire (“to defend, protect”).
Verb
muin (past mhuin, future muinidh, verbal noun muineadh, past participle muinte)
- (dated) teach, instruct, educate, rear
- (dated) show, point out
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